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Space; The Final Cox Year
Cox Talks Frankly
of Reasons Behind
Decision to Quit

Ibiza’s rumour mill went
into overdrive following
Carl Cox’s unexpected
announcement that he
would end his 15-year
residency at Space.
Cox, who earned his
reputation in the days
of vinyl with his famous
sets on the Space terrace playing 3 decks
simultaneously,
has
spoken out frankly
about his reasons for
taking the decision to
quit.
Speaking to Inthe-

Sagrada Familia &
Barcelona Break

mix, Carl is quoted as saying “It’s not that I’m
walking away from the club. Pepe’s (Rosello—
, the owner of Space) contract is up at the
club. He’s going to be 80 years old and will
officially be out. It gets handed over to
Ushuaïa Group across the road and its manager Jan will be given the keys to run Space. And
once that happens, everything changes. So I
have no desire to stay in that club for any
reason.”
Cox then talks of the Ushuaïa takeover stating that they wanted him to continue for
financial reasons. Speaking with a directness
that has been applauded and criticised by
commentators, he said he feared that Space
would become a “models & bottles” venue,
and that working for no other motivation
than money was “horrifying”.
“…My heart tells me I will not ever do that –
because if Pepe’s not there, I am not there.
We grew up together, we’ve been all the way
through this together, and we’re going to
finish together. And I’m quite happy about
that, because it means we leave the legacy of
a club that made a difference. We can walk
away with that – the legendary status of what

used to happen at Space when we were there
– because no one else can emulate that, it’s
not possible.”
Meanwhile Cox’s representatives Safehouse
Management have issued a press release
confirming the decision. Opening with the
comment “The cat’s out the bag” they confirm
that “ after a phenomenal 15 consecutive
years at Space Ibiza, Carl Cox officially confirms that 2016 will be Carl’s final residency at
the club.”
The release, published Wednesday, says that
he intends to go out in style over the 15
weeks that will make it his longest season
ever. Running from June 14th to what they
say is “sure to be an emotional final closing
party on 20th September”.
Due to what they feel will be huge demand
they are putting pre-registration in place to
the 26th November. Safehouse promise that
they are “working hard to make sure they
have the best line ups on the island, with lots
of surprises, and no doubt a few tears. Carl
will take a nostalgic look back on his history at
the club, bringing back selected DJs from all
previous 14 seasons.”

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